Cascade Policy Institute

The Cascade Policy Institute is an Oregon-based think tank.

Funding
In its 2006 annual report the Cato Institute contributed $25,000 to the Cascade Policy Institute.

Personnel

 * John A. Charles, Jr., President
 * Tina Pisenti, Vice President
 * Steve Buckstein, Program Director — Oregon Economic Opportunity Project
 * Sreya Sarkar, Program Director — Wheels to Wealth Project
 * Bina Patel, Program Director — Oregon Asset Policy Initiative
 * Matt Wingard, Program Director — School Choice Project
 * Kathryn Hickok, Director, Children’s Scholarship Fund — Portland and Publications Director/Development Coordinator
 * Nancy Wheaton, Administrative Assistant/Media Relations
 * Eric D. Dixon, Webmaster

Contact Details
4850 SW Scholls Ferry Road Suite #103 Portland, Oregon 97225 Phone: (503) 242-0900 Fax: (503) 242-3822 Email: info AT cascadepolicy.org Website: http://www.cascadepolicy.org/index.php

Criticism
At least one Cascade Policy Institute critic points out that the particular formulations of "individual liberty, personal responsibility, and economic opportunity" promoted by the institute are similar or identical to agendas commonly favored among large business interests and wealthy individuals. Also noted is the apparent irony of how notions like "free markets and limited government," as promoted by organizations like Cascade Policy Institute, often translate into support for "billions in pork-ridden expenditure, insurance mandates, heavy-handed central planning initiatives, property seizures..., metastatic bureaucracy at local, state and federal levels and massive expansions in law enforcement."

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